My most favorite thing to tell people about the Silhouette is that you DON'T have to buy expensive cartridges to use the machine.

With the machine connected to your computer, you'll get access to all of the fonts on your PC plus the thousands of cuttable designs found on the Silhouette Online Store for as low as 14¢ a download with a monthly subscription. Without a subscription downloads are still ONLY .99¢ each.

The cost of a cartridge you have to use with other cutters is around $50 for around 20 patterns and you don't get to choose each pattern individually. That's quite climb in price.

Is there any question which to choose?

But even better is that you can make your OWN designs with the Silhouette Machine using their provided software. Make silhouettes of your children's faces. Save money using the fonts from your OWN computer. Customize the size to your own imagination.

If you would like to purchase one NOW. Silhouette is also offering Grosgrain readers an amazing deal!

Be sure to use Promo Code: GGF to receive discount!!!!!!!This promo will last until May 25th but no later so don't wait!

For those of you who already have a Silhouette, you can also is offering 25% off of all heat transfer material.

WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MAY 24TH!!!!!!!

This giveaway can be entered by any ONE of four ways

1) By linking about this giveaway (to your blog, facebook, or any other site) "Create A Link" button for blogger users is below.2) By FOLLOWING Grosgrain using this link or THE LINK IN MY RIGHT SIDEBAR.

Just remember to please leave me a comment telling me what you did so that I can go back and look for your entry. Either give me the link that you posted for the giveaway to or tell me that you began to FOLLOW ME.

If you are leaving a link just use the 'create a link' at the bottom of this post or simply creating a post on your blog and including this link.If you use blogger just use the "create a link" link at the bottom of this post. If you don't use blogger, that's fine too. Just create a link on your page as you normally would.

To wet your digital cutting palette take a look at some of the other projects in the blogosphere from people who have used their Silhouette Machine for some pretty amazing DIY projects!Via Craftaholics Anonymous

I follow you here and on twitter (greenbean314). What a fun machine. I am borrowing my mom's cricut and the whole cartridge thing is kind of annoying. I guess I need to do some research on this machine.

I checked out the website (as I have many times before)! I would love to win this machine because I sold my Cricut on eBay to buy it! I ended up not getting paid for it (After being shipped) so no I am without both! I love the capabilities of this machine. I can't wait to own one!

I went to the Silhouette website, and I am most excited about the ability to create stencils and the pen tool with glitter/plotting, especially since you can create your own designs, not just use specific dies. I would use it to make etched glass, stencils for dyeing fabric and special images I would plot would be made into resin charms.

Oh my gracious I would love one of those. I've seen them in the store for a while but can't justify the cost. And I am psyched to see, from the website, that they are Mac compatible!! audrey@planethausfrau.com

I love all your posts, you are so awesome! I would love to win this machine I could use it for so many things. Like making cute labels, using it for putting designs on clothing and walls, and so much more... ktbabygurl502(at)aol(d0t)com

I have been looking at these machines for months! I love the labeling capablities and the doors that would open for organization... And I would love to be able to create appliques for my kids clothes that look great. Covering stains is a big issue around here! I follow you on twitter and am a subscriber on google reader. Thanks for the contest!

I visited the site... I'd really like to try the flocked heat-transfer stuff... I hate the quality of the stuff at Joanns, so the idea of getting better quality, and personalized, heat transfer is WAY appealing....

I'd love to win. I keep looking through the website, but can't justify the cost at the moment. I'd love to use it to organise my kitchen and for clothes, cards, art... the list goes on and on! Thanks for the chance to win!

I created a link! This is the coolest machine ever! I have aspirations to start an Etsy shop and this could make my clothes SO unique! http://the-acquirer.blogspot.com/2011/05/silhouette-machine-giveaway.html

I have been storing stuff for a top secret project involving glass for a few months to save up the money to buy this machine. The chance to win awesome. I have been following you for a while, I liked them on Facebook, and I have shared this on my blog here http://manyadventuresofbran.blogspot.com/Awesome give away!

I would LOVE to win this machine. . . I first learned about it last year - but funding issues do not allow me to buy one.

I would use it for gifts, for amazing labels, for making signs that I could use to decorate my office or even signs that I could use when I become a music teacher this year. . .I could use it for a TON of projects!